Intercity Transport and Climate Change Strategies for Reducing the Carbon Footprint /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hayashi, Yoshitsugu (Editor), Morichi, Shigeru (Editor), Oum, Tae Hoon (Editor), Rothengatter, Werner (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy, 15
• Subjects: Transportation.; Climate change.; Civil engineering.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Civil Engineering.

While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the share of the total passenger kilometers traveled is estimated more than one third. In many countries the major part of intercity transport is performed by car and air and as a result, the contribution...